Wrist stabilisation and forearm muscle coactivation during freestyle swimming

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Caty, V ^a   Aujouannet, Y ^a   Hintzy, F ^a   Bonifazi, M ^c   Clarys, J P ^b   Rouard, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Istituto di Fisiologica Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coactivation; Phases; Stabilisation; Swimming; Wrist

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC EXERCISE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGOMETER; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; WRIST;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 34047245592     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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